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Producer/s:
Ganesh Jain, Ratan Jain
Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Kareena
Kapoor, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Paresh
Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, Arshad Warsi, Amrish Puri,
Lakshmi, Shakti Kapoor, Deep Dhillon, Akhilendra
Mishra
Music: Vidyasaga |
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is a thorough entertainer that will have the viewers
saying, 'Paisa Vasool' while coming out of the theatres,
especially after the major disappointments in the Diwali
week. 'Hulchul' once again proves Priyan's brilliant
sense of humour and even races past his earlier hits,
'Hera Pheri' and 'Hungama'. He has thrown logic to the
winds and set sail. So a word of caution for the viewers
- leave your brains behind at home while watching it.
Treat it like you would a Bollywood masala film and
you will not be disappointed at all!
'Hulchul' is about two
warring families. Don't worry it bears no resemblance
to Priyan's earlier 'Doli Sajake Rakhna'. Angaarchand
(Amrish Puri) and his four sons (Jackie Shroff, Paresh
Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, and Akshaye Khanna) have vowed to
stay away from women. Later it is divulged that it has
to do with a past family tragedy. It is also revealed
that the reason for the feud between Angaarchand and
Lakshmidevi's (Lakshmi of 'Julie' fame) family is a
woman (Lakshmidevi's daughter). Lakshmidevi is looking
for revenge on Angaarchand and his family. As luck would
have it, Angaarchand's youngest son, Jai (Akshaye Khanna),
and Lakshmidevi's grand-daughter, Anjali (Kareena Kapoor),
are studying in the same college. Thankfully there is
no campus romping around a la Karan Johar style.
For obvious reasons,
Jai and Anjali pretend to fall in love with each other
after their initial rivalry. Lucky (Arshad Warsi) ,
who is Jai's best friend acts as a mediator. It wouldn't
be a Hindi film if Jai and Anjali didn't actually fall
in love. But they are aware of their family feud proving
to be a major hurdle in the way of their love. How they
overcome this forms the crux of the film. If this sounds
like just another love story then it isn't! Here comes
the director's expertise. He has given it a different
twist altogether making it not just a love story but
also a family feud and war within families. Love triumphs
in the end but in a very non-cliched manner.
Although the film is
loud in the climax, like it was in 'Hungama', and has
a clear influence of a South entertainer, it will go
well with the masses. The mangalsutra scene when everyone
is trying to get their hands on it is hilarious. There
are so many other scenes that are truly funny but it's
not possible to mention them all. The initial scenes
between Kareena and Akshaye before they actually fall
in love, scenes between Akshaye and Arshad Warsi, and
also the duo's interactions with Akshaye's brothers
bring forth peals of laughter from the audience. Arshad
dominates the comedy track in the first half while Paresh
Rawal takes over in the second half. This reminds us
of the scene in which Akshaye and Arshad unearth Paresh
Rawal's wife of seven years, a well-guarded secret.
The entire track in which Rawal tries to convince his
other two brothers and his father that he is single
is hilarious too. One can keep citing the various funny
scenes in the film.
But this is not to say
that the film does not have its down side. The pace
slackens a bit in the last half hour before the climax
when Jai and Anjali's love story is out in the open.
Even the last song could have been down away with. But
the film again picks up and there are more funny moments.
Now for the performances. Paresh Rawal is brilliant
as usual although he shares the comedy track with Arshad
Warsi and Akshaye Khanna. Akshaye displays a superb
comic timing. He emotes well as usual, whether it is
being funny or getting emotional. His body movements
while dancing are really good. Arshad Warsi is awesome.
He even steals a march over Paresh Rawal. Kareena Kapoor
looks lovely and delivers a competent performance although
she doesn't have much to do in the second half. Amrish
Puri is good as usual. Lakshmi and Farha's comeback
to the silver screen is impressive. Of the supporting
cast, Suniel Shetty and Manoj Joshi stand out. The rest
are adequate. The music is just about okay. The two
songs that stand out are 'Dekho Zara Dekho' and 'Rafta
Rafta'. Jeeva's cinematography is excellent. Action
is okay.
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